Injecting New Blood Into Nevada Mining Camps
The piece notes the revival of old mining districts like Eureka and Candelaria through new investment from New York, Boston, and French capitalists planning a smelter to process local ores. Abandoned properties across the region show renewed demand, with agriculture benefiting as mining markets revive Lyons and Douglas farm areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
New York
Boston
Salt Lake City
Candelaria
Colorado
Idaho Line
Virginia City
Buckeley Wells
Lyon and Douglas
Why the Metal Mining Industry Is Short of Labor
A former mining worker now in Los Angeles laments labor shortages in metal mining. He describes low pay, long schedules, and crowded camps that push miners to quit, then contrasts his new earnings and family needs with mining life. He urges mine owners to consider workers’ costs and living standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engineering and Mining Journal Press of
New York
Los Angeles
Welfare of Mine Workers in Changing World
A worker questions if welfare in mining camps keeps pace with evolving machinery and living costs. He notes his family’s earnings of 224 dollars a month, his night school, and the shift toward modern city living, arguing managers neglect employee welfare while industry changes outrun old conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall
Nevada Tops in Christmas Seal Drive for Tuberculosis
Mrs. Frank £. Humphrey, president of the Nevada Public Health Association, notes Nevada ranks fifth nationally for six years in Christmas seal sales per capita. She urges use of the one cent seals, which aid tuberculosis prevention and public health, and outlines five association aims including school health, nursing, patient relief, and a state sanatorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
United States
Frank £. Humphrey
Nevada Public Health Assocation
Humphrey
Empire of Resources Revealed by Mineral Survey
Washington reports the geological survey’s annual findings uncover 65,000,000 acres of coal lands 6,500,000 of petroleum lands 4,100,000 of oil shale and 2,700,000 acres with phosphates suitable for fertiliser and manufacture. The survey also published topographic maps covering 13,544 square miles and stream flow surveys with 11,000 river measurements across 31 states. Radium deposits in Utah were studied and Nevada waters designated 382,000 acres for reclamation use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Geological Survey
Utah
Nevada
Bees Work By Day And Night In Ohio District
Elyria Ohio reports a bee keeper claims a lightning bug crossed with the honey bee to produce workers that gather nectar by day and make honey at night. Prineville Oregon hosts a 19 mile broad gauge railway run by a gasoline motor hauling 10 cattle cars, serving Crooked River and Deschutes headwaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Ohio
Buckeye
Prineville
Oregon
St Conville Junction
Crooked River
Deschutes and Pays
Astoria Swid Ruins Prompt Plans For Rebuild
Fire in Astoria Oregon after midnight Friday destroyed 27 blocks in the business district. Flames spread beneath structures, prompting dynamiting as banks, plants, hotels, stores and other businesses were wiped out. Officials plan widening streets, rebuilding the area with temporary one story structures by March 1 1934 and creating a revolving relief fund for small merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astoria
Oregon
Foster
General Relief Committee
Freemite
Northern Nevada loan aid aids stockmen in three counties
Winnemucca dispatch reports that the Northern Nevada Loan Association distributed 103000 dollars to stockmen in the three northern Nevada counties. Sen ator J. Sheehan, secretary of the association, said funds came from loans arranged via the War Finance Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnemucca
Northern Nevada Loan Association
Nevada
J. Sheehan
War Finance Corporation
Nevada Industrial School 18 Making Good
Reports from the Nevada Industrial School in Elko County show no escapes in over a year and a strong conduct standard. The institution, its superintendent, and the state are credited for giving boys who erred a chance toward better outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada Industrial School
Virginia Chronicle
Nevada
Elko County
British Columbia gold strike near Hills Barr Creek
A new find in the Hope District BC reveals three quarts weln outcroppings along Hills Barr Creek, spanning over a mile with widths from four to fifteen feet. The deposit shows free gold with some chalcopyrite. samples reach $1,300 per ton, averaging about $25 per ton in gold across the three outcrops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hills Barr Creek
Hope District
British Columbia
Nevada State News Highlights Various Local Issues
Nevada reports cover county road maintenance by a Caterpillar tractor and snowplow, a Fallon Catholic parish organizer, Winnemucca water rate ruling, labor and mining topics, a 100 dollar taxi fine in Reno, a fatal derailment near Beowawe, and fruit quality inspections for Fernley cantaloupes. It notes college expenses, a 18 year old missing woman’s remains found near Reno, and regional business moves including Burns and Winnemucca.
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Torey County
Pather M. GO. Sears
Willows
Cal
Fallon
Nevada Public Service Commission
Winnemucca
James J. Davis
Nevada
United Farmers Yasenene and Telegraph Company
Gardnerville
B. B. Yerington
Reno
C. W. Warner
Western Pacific
Beowawe
Warner
Elko
Fernley
San Francisco Presidio
University of Nevada
Chickenpox Warnings Issued in Ely Neighborhoods
White Pine News reports signs posted on Ely residences warning that occupants have chickenpox. About a dozen cases have been found and affected children must stay home to prevent further spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
White ‘Pine News
Nevada mining notes cite camp revival and new mills
L F Pear organizes a camp for copper development near Hamilton adjoining the Jennie A group. A 160 ton cyanide mill may be erected at the Eberhardt tunnel mouth. Placer work continues at Round Mountain with a planned steamup around Nov 16. Silver shipments and mint settlement terms shift. sixteen unit Nevada Cons concentrator at McGill to be expanded to 16 units. Yellow Pine and Ada H mines resume or expand output. base metals prices aid profits. Visitors from Ladenburg Thalman & Co in Nevada to assess operations and report to bankers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Pear
Hamilton
Peer
Bureks
Eberhardt
Round Mountain
Western Ore Purchasing Company of
Reno
Treasury Department
Philadelphia
Denver
J. B.wall
Bullshead
Spruce Mountain
O'Brien
Ada H
Ely
Nevad Cons
McGill
Yellow Pine Mining Company
Yellow Pine
R. M. Atwater
Felix Vogel
Ladenburg, Thulman & Co
New York
Nevada
F. Sommer Schmidt
Copper Canyon
Florence Goldfield
Mensis
Atwater
Vogel
Comstock
United Comstock
Operatone
Citizenship Papers Invalid Petition Filed in Nevada Court
A petition seeks to declare invalid the citizenship papers of Jane Manuel Olaecha in White Pine County. United States District Attorney George Springmeyer leads the federal action alleging fraud. The complaint notes train washout blocked Homer B. Terril from hearing Sushba’s Ely application and Judge Walker was appointed without authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Manuel Olaecha
White Pine County
United States
George Springmeyer
Homer B. Terril
Sushba
Ely
Charles Walker
Terrell
Olnechde
Oluechne
Carson
Officials on the Carpet for Ben Hur Mining Stocks
Albert Kelly vice-president R J Kelly secretary-treasurer and Wm Forman attorney for the Ben Hur Divide Mining Company attend hearings in San Francisco of stock exchange committees investigating recent collapses in Ben Hur stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Kelly
R. J. Kelly
Wm. Forman
Ben Hur Divide Mining Company
San Francisco
The
Stock Exchange
Reversal in Storey County election contest result
Judge Frank Langan ruled Hamilton defeated Young after reviewing returns. The contest reduced Hamilton’s lead to 28 votes, with Hamilton at 466 to 445 for Young. County commissioners certified 513 to 421 in Hamilton’s favor, amid objections from both sides.
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Storey County
Tate
Tatra Oegy
C. &. Young
Frank Langan
Hamilton
Langan
Mr. Young
Young
Tm Hamilton
My Hamilton
My Young
Sixteen Autos Destroyed in Reno Garage Fire
Seventeen automobiles stored in the Leavitt Co garage at West Fourth Street Reno were destroyed by fire early Monday. Two used cars, valued spares, and new parts suffered total losses. Frank G Hood, Leavitt Co manager, said the blaze started in the rear building where two old cars were kept, with gasoline splashing the Learn structure. The incident totaled about seven thousand dollars for the new car, six thousand for used cars, and twelve thousand for parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Y. Leavit & Co
Praag Wn
West Fourth Street
Reno
Tm Mat
Sayn
Frank G. Hood
Leavitt Co
Journal
Notice A B Victory Bonds Redeemable
Notice announces redemption details for Victory Bonds letters A B C D I and F with serial numbers. Call at bank for further information and processing instructions.
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Nevada State
NEW
James Malley
Don Luis
Hol. Malley
Arizona
Eggendorfer
Renoaix Inchon
Hastorn Oregon Livestock Company
Burna
Ore
Miller & Lux
Gus H. Tinch
Winnemucca Silver State
Muskogee
Oklahoma
W. H. Ayres
Walter F. Garcia
Buenos Aires
W. P. Sprunt
Charles Ingram
Las Vegas
Eureka Cash Store
Main Street
Eureka, Nevada
Nevada Mining News
Ixteen
Nob Hill
Eureka Pavilion
Farmers and Merchants Neonal Bank
C. J. Travers
Iret
George BE. Cox
Strawberry
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